Ye


archaic (except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose), literary, or british dialect.

(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
o ye of little faith; ye brooks and hills.
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
do ye not know me?
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
i have something to tell ye. arise, the enemy is upon ye!

(used with mock seriousness in an invocation, mild oath, or the like):
ye gods and little fishes!
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archaic (except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose) the personal pr-noun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed):
thou shalt not kill.
(used by the friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
to address as “thou.”.
to use “thou” in discourse.
contemporary examples

why did llewyn davis’s greenwich village disappear? andrew romano december 6, 2013
what were these guys watching? tom sykes march 26, 2012
firefighter’s son in iconic 1995 funeral photo follows his dad’s deadly steps michael daly december 9, 2013
the story of noah’s ark from the bible’s book of genesis the daily beast march 23, 2014
leave seaside’s roller coaster in the ocean as a symbol of sandy’s craziness malcolm jones november 30, 2012

historical examples

the vagrant duke george gibbs
philothea lydia maria child
auld licht idylls j. m. barrie
weighed and wanting george macdonald
sketch of handel and beethoven thomas hanly ball

pr-noun
(archaic or dialect) refers to more than one person including the person addressed but not including the speaker
(dialect) also ee (iː). refers to one person addressed: i tell ye
determiner
a form of the, used in conjunction with other putative archaic spellings: ye olde oake
abbreviation
yemen
pr-noun (subjective)
(archaic, dialect) refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
(usually capital) refers to g-d when addressed in prayer, etc
noun (pl) thous, thou
one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
(informal) short for thousand
pr-n.
article
pr-n.

avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! i am come of good kin, i tell thee! [“hickscorner,” c.1530]

a brief history of the second person pr-noun in english can be found here.
thousand

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